Window-curtain fixture



i.1.' REILLY.

WINDOW )URTAIN FIXTURE. APPucATIoN man MAR. 2o, 191s. mwzn JuLY 9. 1h20.

1,350,336, Patented Aug. 24,1920.

i Emme-W MIK/o Il. I IIIIII IIHI '@f/ AMLLIII I IIII- Veo UNITED STATES JOSEPH J. REILLY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW-CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Specication of Letters Patent. j

Patente d .41110.24, 1920.

Applicationied March 20, 1919, serial, No. 283,851. Inmewmi` July 9, 1920. serial No. 395,120.

T0 all whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I Josnrrr J. REILLY, a

citizen of the United tates, and resident ofV Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I.Window-Curtain Fixtures, of whiclh the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a support 'for roller shades and it has for an object to provide a simple and inexpensive device embodying a readily adjustable support, capable ot' accommodating rollers of diil'erent lengths without detachment from and reattachment to the window frame or other frame in which the shade is to be hung, and which renders unnecessary accurate fitting upon the window frame in order to properly engage the roller.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the 'following` description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front View Vof the upper portion of a window trame and window having the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front view, showing one ofthe supports with a portion of the roller and the window frame.

Fig. 8 is a plan view ot the parts shown in Fig. 2. 1

Fig. d is a similar view to Fig. 2, but with the roller removed. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line o1 Fig. 3.

Description.

shown at \5,vto lie against the frame and may alinement with the offset 5 as at 7, and has an angular foot 8, which engages the inner face of the window frame and may be secured thereto by one or more screws 9. Upon this bar is slidably mounted a bracket 10, having its upper and lower edge bent over as at 1l and 12 to engage the inner face of the bar and so hold the plate thereon, this plate having an outwardly projecting perforated ear 13, the whole constituting an adjustable bracket for supporting the roller. y

. Pivotally secured at their inner ends as at 16, to the ears, are short arms 17, whose outer ends may be formed respectively with the usual slot and perforation adapted to receive the trunnions on the end of an ordinary spring roller or Ilartshorn roller as it is generally called, and which, with the shade wound thereon is indicated at 18. The inner end of each arm 17 is formed with a taill 19 which presents a vertical rear edge in env gagement with the face of the bar 4L, when l the arm is in horizontal position, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The faces of the bars 4 may be formed with vertical indentations or serrations 2() in which the tails 19 engage When the trunnions of the roller are placed in the ends of the arms 17, the weight of the roller and shade will act to wedge or force the tails 19 into the indentations 20 and so lock the supporting bracket in vposition. While I have shown in detail only one of the supporting devices, it is to be understood that the devices at each end of the roller are similar' and the description and illustration of one is intended to include both.

To adjust the brackets to any desired pon sition, it is only necessary to swing the arms 17 upwardly and slide the brackets 10 along the bars 4L to the desired position and then swing the arms downwardly causing the tails to engage in the indentations 2O and when the shade is placed in position, its weight will lock the brackets to the bars.

As will be apparent from the foregoing description, I have provided a simple and inexpensive support for a roller shade which renders unnecessary an accurate fitting thereof to the window frame to secure proper engagement With the roller trunnions and which mayY beA adjusted with a minimum of trouble to support rollers'of varying length.

Ulaz'ms.

1. Av fixtureas characterized comprising,y

a plurality of horizontal bars, each adapted for disposition in service at one side of a Window opening, the said bars having parallel spaced sections, one ot said sections being longer than the other to rest in parallel relation to the Window frame, both of said V sections having offset portions to form se- 2. A 'fixture as characterized comprising,

Ya plurality of horizontal bars for support-Y vfor mounting the bars on a Window frame so Y that the end of the bar extends overthe Window opening; and a plurality -of adjustable brackets for a Window shade. l

3. A fixture as characterized comprising, a plurality of supporting members, each having parallel barsdisposed in spacedrelation,` one of said bars beinglonger'than the other, cachha-ving offsets to form fasten ing members for securing the bars to the Jframe of a Window so that said supporting bars may overhang the same across the open space in the Window.

TOSEPH J. REILLY. 

